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8.00 p.m.—Richard Diamond
8.30 p.m.-Bishop Fulton J.
Sheen.
9.00 p.m.-Room 25*
10.00 p.m.-Liberace*
PRESENT*
HANDEL'S MESSIAH
available at
Charles Hutton & Sons
Vol, 62. No. 269
ST. JOHN'S/:NEWFOUNDLAND, WEDNESDAY/NOVEMBER 30; 1955
(Price 5 cents)
Protest
Speech By
Khrushchev
LONDON — Reuters —
Britain and Russia exchanged pvolcais Tuesday over a
speech by Soviet Communis party'boss Nikita Khrushchev * and tlie foreign
ciffice comment on another
sddre." by Premier Nikolai
Bulsranin.
A; ihc same time, resentment in
Britain c-vor the anti-western tone
rf the Ru*>inn visit to India boiled
in'.s a n^isy s^ne in thc House of
Common?.
Fir?', nuv* in the exchanges
came from Nikolai Bclokhvostikv.
K-«ian charge d'affaires in Lon
(Im aho called at the foreign of-
fcc'wM orders from Moscow to
jt*ap!a*m because a spokesman last
««k de-bribed a speech by Bul-
-iniii a; "thoroughly hypocritical."
'"Sir Ivan* Kirkpatrick, permanent
head of uw foreign offee, heard
him oat patiently and promised lo
rep-m to his chief, Foreign Secre*
iirv Harold Macrnillan.
COtSTER PROTEST
Then. Kirkpatrick made a coun-
icr-protctt lhal Khrushchev, In an*
p'.hcr spfech in India, had accused
Bri»m. wiih other nations, nf
*:srt:n2 the Second World War and
»crdw'B' Nazi Iroops to invade
In lhc Ibiise of Commons, Prime
Minister Kd?n avoided expressing
my dirfrt opinion on the visit to
lr.,ii,i of iho two Russian lenders.
Lr.Vir 'eft ui ngc r Emr/s
Huslies-:rccted with shcuts of
■Miut up" and "sit down"—said
jlic Hulsanin • Khrushchev visit
j«mci hkely to result In greater
fr:cnd?hip and trade between Rus*
..ia snd India. Didn't lhc prime
minister think a visit of this kind
bnuccn British and Communist
Chinese leaders would also improve international friendship? he
;jked.
Turning down lhc Idea of Anglo-
Chinese goodwill missions as on*
timely. Eden said of the Russians
14 India:
"I do not really think It would
be for mc to pronounce upon the
iiiu ot one head of government lo
mother head of gvernment. That
i* for them to form their own
judgment on. If I were you I
v.'ould have some reservations
about my conclusions on that."
ClIARr.E UNDER QUESTION
Tne prime minister also was
qaejtioncd about the "hypocrisy"
iabel pinned on Bulganin last week
by Peter Matthews, spokesman dt
the foreign oflicc's daily press con*
ference.
One MP welcomed the "return
of robustness" to the foreign of*
lice, but others questioned the
riftfu of an official to criticize the
head of a foreign government
Eden explained that Matthews
bid made an impromptu reply to a
(jiio'tinn.
"IVrhaps thc official'concerned
*mM havc been wiser if he had
*skcd for notice," ho sajd. "Per-
anally I think it is doubtful
^.vibcr anyone but a minister
wiii,] v asked to make these
Imnromptu replies."
He remarket pointedly that he
*•«> Via-; "very careful not to
ties! u-ith the merits of the ans*
ver.'
:I
t Today's
) Weather i
Cloud;
flurrii
and cool with a few snow
today. Temperature 40,
«°ppir.g to 30 by evening.
TEMPeRATURE
Vancouver • ;, 41
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54
PICTURED above is Miss Margaret Cobb, first year Arts Student at'the Memorial
University of Newfoundland. During tbe Mass Chest Xray Survey conducted .at
the.University lost September by the Newfoundland Tuberculosis Association, 'Mar-.
* "garet had the distinction of being the 250,000th person to be "X-ray by the Association since its Case-Finding program was launched back in 1946; Since then, Surveys
have been'conducted by the Association in every community in Newfoundland and
Labrador, many of which have been revisited two, and even three times for re-
check purposes. .
Govt
■
Churchill's 81st.
Birthday Today
300,000 Subscribe To Birthday Fund
LONDON — Reuters — Sir Winston Churchill, 81
to-day, received the news Tuesday night that, a special
birthday presentation fund subscribed. in his honor
from all parts of the world has reached Ef total of £259,-
175.
China Threatens Veto
Of Canada's U.N. Plan
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (CP>-
Nationallst" China" Tuesday threatened to crush Canada's plan- for
admitting 18 new members to the
UN at this assembly. It warned
that It will use lis veto power to
block Communist Outer Mongolia.
. "My government is opposed to
the admission of Outer Mongolia to
the United Nations' and we will
use-the veto if necessary," Chinas
chief delegate T. F, Tslang told a
reporter.'
Canadian delegates apparently
were not greatly discouraged by
the threat; lhey .appeared to'have
expected it. Asked about Tsiang's
statement, Health Minister Paul
Martin said he had no comment.
But to another question hc replied
that hc has "never ceased being
hopeful" that tbe membership proposal will be adopted.
Until Tuesday, thc delegation
from Formosa had said it was
awaiting, instructions on thc application of Outer Mongolia, onc of
five Communist states Included in
a resolution framed by Canada and
sponsored by 27 other countries.
DISREGARD APPEAL
'The veto threat was made de*
quarters asking Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-shek not to upset-the
"package deal."
The United States has also declared its opposition to Outer Mon-.
golla but has agreed to abstain in
voting on tlie five Communist-bloc
candidates.
President Elsenhower Is reported
tb have send two appeals to Chiang
asking him not to veto thc Outer
Mongolia application, indicating
that while the United States does
not wish to support the application
actively neither does It wish to see
Canada's package plan thrown out
altogether. -
ALL OR NONE
, Russia has said it will veto the
Western - sponsored candidates-
Austria, Italy, Japan, Spain, Ireland, Laos, Cambodia, Finland,
Libya, Nepal, Jordan, Portugal
and Ceylon—unless all the Communist applicants arc not admitted. Besides Mongolia, these Include Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary
and Romania.)
■ Somc observers, said that Na*
tlonalist China would be extremely
reckless if It carried through its
veto threat *to the'defeat of Can-
Red Ensign Is
National Flag
Now
Official
n2??i'rA(cp-)-,rhfl Canadia»
•uS,™ i Sl apparently has quietly
*«amcd tc'status of Canada's
°"'cial national flag.
iLa?1 1?0Vcrnn»«nt official said
I*<fcy he does not sec how a
rn k c usc has bec" »utt»or.
can!. •!' a government ordoMn-
;?"c{ "n be considered any-
S^^0^131^-The Red
**«3n is thc only flag Canada has
31 Present, he said.
id2Sif?eial who asked not to be
^lifted sad he cannot discern
S™';reX«f In the meaning of
»J yord« 'distinctive" and "offi*
LT*in rfution t0 *» **
2iS.°i *• «■«-Weitlon dur-
i!"". Plckersglll said lhcn.
„„,' "*™W Cn.dian, who
E' ,hi"1' we do not have I
SM&Slii-!'not ™"
«« s»id that w»S.,ettl«d by-t.n
Canad
Says
a's
ordcr-in-eouneil passed by the federal cabinet Sept, 5, 1945.
"This order, provides that, until
such time as action is taken by
Parliament'for thc formal adoption of a national flag, :lt Is desirable to remove any doubt as to the
propriety of flying the Canadian
Red Enslp wherever place or occasion may make it desirable to
fly a distinctive Canadian'flag;
"And the governor * in 'Council
accordngly declared -that it was
appropriate to fly the Canadian
Red Ensign within and without
Canada wherever place br occasion might make It desirable to iiy
a distinctive 'Canadian'flag,
"Surely nothing could be clearer
than that.. ''
"Until Parliament decides lo
adopt' some other flag! the Canadian Red Ensign' Is the flag of
Canada;'*' • . :
A few days later, Ferna'nd Gir*
ard (Ind—Lapointe) asked Prime
Minister St.' Laurent in the- Commons whether lie waa aware :that
Mr. Pickersgill' was " reported to
have said the Red Ensign has been
thc "official flag" of Canada since
thc 1945 order. ■
Mr. St, Laurent replied he had
read thc text' of Mr. RickcrsgilPs
speech and that the minister had
summarized "tho very words" of
the 1045 order. ' . ...
"I have found the words 'official
flag' neither in the ordcr-in-council
nor in the minister's speech," said
the prime minister.
NARROW TO TERMS
.. The difference, therefore, ap*
'peared to be between the meaning
of the words "distinctive", as used
by Mr..-Plckersglll. and "official"
as used by Mr. Glrard.
The government official sug.
jested Tuesday, however, that it
■is significant Mr. St.-Laurent did
not say • the Red/-Ensign is not
Canada,'s official flag. Mr. St. Lau*
rent said only' that neither Mr.
Plckersglll nor the owJer-ln-councll
used, the words "official flag."
: The Red Ensign has thc Canadian coat*of*arms in the fly and
the Union Jack in the masthead
corner.
ada's resolution. They speculated
that thc movement to replace Nationalist China by the Communist
regime, until now held in check
by the United States, would receive great impetus through such
an action.
The membership resolution is
scheduled to come up in the assembly's special political committee after the Palestine debate,
which may conclude today. -
Record Sound Of
Distant Stars
LONDON (Reuters )-The British
Broadcasting Co r p o r a t i on announced Tuesday tliat it will open
its traditional round - the - world
Chrstmas Day program with thc
sound of stars'-200,000,000 lig.it
years from earth.
The sound of the stars Is a rumbling- radio wave emitted by stars
and picked up by experimental radio' telescopes.
■The-hour-long program, entitled
"The Stars We Follow," will em*
phasize-the work of scientists for
the .world's well-being.
During the'program, which immediately precedes Queen Elizabeth's 'annual Christmas message;
listeners will hear famous scientists from- all over the^Cpmmon-
wealth describe new projects to
aid mankind.
In Canada, John Gilbey will
speak from Fort Simpson on the
Lard river in the Northwest Ter-
ritories oh his work in testing what
can be grown in the-Norlh,
More than 300,000-people-'contributed.
The fund was opened before bis
Both birthday; A year ago, as part
of the world celebrations of this
event, Churchill received "an interim payment" of £150,000.
The statesman made it known
that he proposed to devote thc
fortune subscribed to starting a
charitable trust, though part of
thc money wfll go to endowing his
country home,. Charlwell, in Kent,
as a museum containing relics of
his life.
Tuesday night's announcement of
the total was made by Edward
Martell, chairman of tlie fund. He
added that a book containing the
names of all contributors shortly
will be presented to Churchill.
FACES QUIET DAY
Churchill is planning to spend
today quietly with only a small
family luncheon party to mark Uic
occasion.
But around his household, there
was a scene of bustle Tuesday.
There was a constant succession of
delivery trucks bringing presents
trom numerous countries.
Postmen'and telegraph messengers plied to and from his home
In fashionable Hyde Park Gat
with loads 'of letters, cards and
greetings telegrams.
And in Soho, London's "Latin
Quarter," a famous pastry cook
"unveiled" his latest' creation in
the series of Churchill birthday
cakes. . .
.The cake, work of Christopher
Floris, who has made this special
confection for Churchill birthdays
for years past, stands about two
feet high and weighs about 25
pounds.
He had designed a completely
different cake, and scrapped it on
the news last week that Churchill
had received the freedom of Harrow, site of the famous school
where the former prime minister
received his early education.
CAKE LIKE HAT »
The new cake is in thc shape of
the straw "Boater" (hat) which is
part of the "uniform" of Harrow.
It is encircled by a dark blue ribbon in the school colors. Around
thc brim is a verse from one of
the Harrow school songs dating
back to 1882.
Churchill planned breakfast in
bed.- After a leisurely morning, he
will join the family luncheon party.
Those present are expected to include, in addition to himself and
■his wife, their three marred daugh
ters and their husbands—Captain
and Mrs. Chrstopher Soames; Mr.
and Mrs. Duncan Sandys;' and Mr.
and Mrs. Anthony Beauchamp.
Close friends said he had no
plans to visit .the House of Commons on his birthday. Parliamentarians had been hoping that their
old leader—whom they havc sean
only twice at Westminster since he
gave up the premiership on April
G—would look In briefly.
Defeat Comes On
Election Question
PARIS—AP—Premier Edgar Faure's cabinet — th»
21st in France since the war — was yoted out of offict
Tuesday night. It had lasted nine months and a week.
The government was defeated
twu/m&W"
TKIt •ttprtnlon started with «irtv
sftUtnuiii who, upon retching •
town, would b«Jt a drum.or ring a
ball to attract lh* attention of prat.
petHve buyers. Whan a crowd «mh-
ared the iilssman would give a latk
Md try to sell fits merchandise.
Stephenville
Threatened By
Ocean Floods
STEPHENVILLE CROSSING,-
Nfld. (CP)—Residents oE this western Newfoundland town breathed
easier Tuesday as lighter winds
ended the danger of a serious
flood.
Twelve families left their homes
late Monday as hurricane force
winds drove high seas over the
town beach, threating to inundate
the communly.
The wind sweeping across St.
George's Bay drove seas over the
Main bridge and Canadian National Railway tracks, which were
soon covered with frozen spray.
A midnight high tide threatened
extensive damage and a bulldozer
was sought to build a dike against
the . rslng watcr. However, the
wind moderated before high water
was reached and the danger passed. .
Two years ago thousands of dollars damage was caused when thc
seas rose over the beach, flooding
many homes and marooning some
families. Rescue workers • from
nearby Harmon air force base prevented loss of .life.,
Radioactive
Snowf all Blamed
On Russian Test
OTTAWA (CP>—Scientists of the
Defence Research Board are assuming that .the recent Soviet hydrogen bomb explosion was responsible for traces of radioactivity
detected in snowfall Monday.
A board sDokcsman said "ex-
trcmely. slight" radoactivity was
found at the DRB chemical laboratory at nearby Shirley's Bav, It
was assumed lo have come" from
tii» Soviet blast.
The laboratory, which keens regular check on radioactivity in rain
and snow following nuclear' weapons tests, disclosed n« comoarison
of the radioactiv'tv i.-ith flint- from
bomb tests in the United States.
They said,'however. )V> rndioicti"-
ity count was ''sienifienntly low."
It was well below the danger
level, they said.
' A Soviet announcement has described, the Russian explosion as
^djnev's M?voir
SYDNEY fCP) — Mayor Tony
Gallagher-was >reliirned'to office
hv acclamation' Tiic?'1flv a«'nominations ■ ploreH. f«r n*e. « civic
elections. - It 'Will :hc his,. fourth
'term.-
Al'Krmcn.fliFs P"'tr>M. A. Mbc-
P«nplrT and Sf"-r 'Mpr*T^rl were
al«n i*"»t»rned. Siv Vjfr'^M*' will
rnni^t th" remaining Ihrce alder-
menic scats. . : ^ -v..,
Lower Rates For
Auto Insurance
SAINT JOHN, N.B. (CP)-Most
commercial vehicles and many accident-free automobiles will be subject to somewhat lower car insurance costs under 1956 rates, thc
Canadian Underwriters' Associa*
tion announced here Tuesday. Thc
rates, showing substantial increases for those who have been involved in accidents, become effective New Year's Day.
Commercial rates will be down
from two to 10 per cent for liability coverage, with other coverages
varying in cost by regions to provide a four per cent reduction on a
province • wide average. This reflects a slight improvement in the
accident frequency of commercial
vehicles.
For many private passenger
cars, slightly lower rates result
largely from discounts to accident-
free drivers. Generally higher
rates will apply to others. Drivers
with three and two-year claims-
free records, respectively, will
benetit from 25 to 15 per cent discbunts off basic rate?.
Married oar owners under thc
age of 25 will be placed in a lower
318 to 218 in a vole of confidence
on a procedural question growing
out of Faure's demand that the
assembly cut its life short by six
months and go to the country in
an early general election.
The ouster of Faure was a vie
tory for ex-premier Pierre Mendcs-
France, also a Radical Socialist.
Mendes-France Is trying to reorganize the Radical Socialist party
and wanted more time to get
ready for the elections. He now is
assured of at least a few months.
Mendcs-France also is fighting
for a district voting system to replace the present modified form of
proportional representation.
Thc present outlook is that no
elections can bc held before March
or April, with thc possibility that
the assembly will continue until
June, when its regular five-year
term expires.
SHORT TENURE
Faure's downfall had been foreseeable since Oct. 6, when he
ousted four Social. Republican
(Gaullist) ministers from his cabinet for open opposition to his Moroccan policies.
Since that time he had survived
four confidence votes in six weeks
on North African policies and the
early election issue only through
makeshift majorities on each separate question.
In Tuesday night's vote he had
against him Ihe Communists, Socialists, Gaullists, a considerable
part of his own Radical Socialist
party, the small leftist union of i
Democratic and Socialist Resist-
ants, and big chunks of the right
wing Independents and Peasants.
The Communists enabled Fau'r*
to win on the last two votes of
confidence, but deserted him Tuei-
day night. He had not asked their
support at any time.
COULD DISSOLVE ASSEMBLY
T e c hn 1 c a 11 y, the gover*-
ment could now order dissolution
of the assembly and new elections
immcdalely. This comes under a
constitutional provision, never before used. It permits the cabinet
to decide on the dissolution if two
governments are defeated within
an 18-month period by more than
half the members of the chamber.
The Mendes-France cabinet fell by
such a majority in February..
This is not likely to result, however.
In making such a decision, the
ministers must sU under the chairmanship of President Rene Coty,
who is reported opposed to such
procedure. Coty is said to feel that
a ncw election law first should be
passed since Parliament has many
times expressed dissatisfaction
with thc present law. During a
month of debate, the two houses
of Parliament have not been able
to agree on a new law.
The legislative snarl over the
new method of holding the elections is still far from resolved. The
next government—which may be a
long time forming — may ba
charged with devoting itself almost exclusively to this problem.
Transport Workers
Balk Merger Plan
AFL-CIO Merger Approved By
31 Oilier Unions
NEW YORK—AP — The 90,000-member Transport
Workers Union balked Tuesday while 31 other CIO
unions voted in favor of next week's scheduled AFL-CIO
merger.
The TWU, headed by Michael
Quill and composed chiefly of Np.v
York City subway and bus cm
strive to organize "workers in
*orK uw suoway ana ous cm* cvcr>* segment of the American
ployecs, Registered its objection at lt™^\^f,the proLEcUon
a CIO executive board meeting.
Whether the TWU will join the
15,000,000-member merged group
later will be decided in a referendum of its members. ;
Walter Reuther, CIO president,
told a press conference after the
meeting an "isolation" period for
the TWU might convince its rank
and file that they belong to labor's
main body.
MIGHT BACK REPUBLICAN
On other topics, Reuther told
questioners:
The possibility of the AFL-CIO
endorsing a Republican president-
rating classfication than unmar-i ial candidate next year was "within
ried drivers of thc same age group, 1 (he scope of possibility, but not a
the latter showing the highest acci- probability."
dent ratc in insurance records. | The combined organization will
of organized labor.'
Thc TWU is opposed lo the merger on the ground that the proposed AFL-CIO constitution lacks
adequate safe g u a r ds against
"three Rs'*—racial discrimination,
racketeering and riding of one union's membership by another.
DISAGREES WITH TWU
TWU leaders have indicated they
will carry thcir views on Ihis to
the CIO convention here Thursday
and Friday. The combined AFL-
CIO convention will start Monday.
Reuther, at a press conference,
took issue wilh the TWU argument. He said the anti-discrimination scction is "one of the finest
documents" in the merger constitution.
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DR. M. F. HOGAN was honoured last night by foe Nfld. Dental Association when he
was made a life member of that organization. Shown above is Dr. Hogan. (left),
receiving'his certificate of'life membership irom Dr. James Darcy. President of
the Dental Association. (Story on Page-Three).

8.00 p.m.—Richard Diamond
8.30 p.m.-Bishop Fulton J.
Sheen.
9.00 p.m.-Room 25*
10.00 p.m.-Liberace*
PRESENT*
HANDEL'S MESSIAH
available at
Charles Hutton & Sons
Vol, 62. No. 269
ST. JOHN'S/:NEWFOUNDLAND, WEDNESDAY/NOVEMBER 30; 1955
(Price 5 cents)
Protest
Speech By
Khrushchev
LONDON — Reuters —
Britain and Russia exchanged pvolcais Tuesday over a
speech by Soviet Communis party'boss Nikita Khrushchev * and tlie foreign
ciffice comment on another
sddre." by Premier Nikolai
Bulsranin.
A; ihc same time, resentment in
Britain c-vor the anti-western tone
rf the Ru*>inn visit to India boiled
in'.s a n^isy s^ne in thc House of
Common?.
Fir?', nuv* in the exchanges
came from Nikolai Bclokhvostikv.
K-«ian charge d'affaires in Lon
(Im aho called at the foreign of-
fcc'wM orders from Moscow to
jt*ap!a*m because a spokesman last
««k de-bribed a speech by Bul-
-iniii a; "thoroughly hypocritical."
'"Sir Ivan* Kirkpatrick, permanent
head of uw foreign offee, heard
him oat patiently and promised lo
rep-m to his chief, Foreign Secre*
iirv Harold Macrnillan.
COtSTER PROTEST
Then. Kirkpatrick made a coun-
icr-protctt lhal Khrushchev, In an*
p'.hcr spfech in India, had accused
Bri»m. wiih other nations, nf
*:srt:n2 the Second World War and
»crdw'B' Nazi Iroops to invade
In lhc Ibiise of Commons, Prime
Minister Kd?n avoided expressing
my dirfrt opinion on the visit to
lr.,ii,i of iho two Russian lenders.
Lr.Vir 'eft ui ngc r Emr/s
Huslies-:rccted with shcuts of
■Miut up" and "sit down"—said
jlic Hulsanin • Khrushchev visit
j«mci hkely to result In greater
fr:cnd?hip and trade between Rus*
..ia snd India. Didn't lhc prime
minister think a visit of this kind
bnuccn British and Communist
Chinese leaders would also improve international friendship? he
;jked.
Turning down lhc Idea of Anglo-
Chinese goodwill missions as on*
timely. Eden said of the Russians
14 India:
"I do not really think It would
be for mc to pronounce upon the
iiiu ot one head of government lo
mother head of gvernment. That
i* for them to form their own
judgment on. If I were you I
v.'ould have some reservations
about my conclusions on that."
ClIARr.E UNDER QUESTION
Tne prime minister also was
qaejtioncd about the "hypocrisy"
iabel pinned on Bulganin last week
by Peter Matthews, spokesman dt
the foreign oflicc's daily press con*
ference.
One MP welcomed the "return
of robustness" to the foreign of*
lice, but others questioned the
riftfu of an official to criticize the
head of a foreign government
Eden explained that Matthews
bid made an impromptu reply to a
(jiio'tinn.
"IVrhaps thc official'concerned
*mM havc been wiser if he had
*skcd for notice," ho sajd. "Per-
anally I think it is doubtful
^.vibcr anyone but a minister
wiii,] v asked to make these
Imnromptu replies."
He remarket pointedly that he
*•«> Via-; "very careful not to
ties! u-ith the merits of the ans*
ver.'
:I
t Today's
) Weather i
Cloud;
flurrii
and cool with a few snow
today. Temperature 40,
«°ppir.g to 30 by evening.
TEMPeRATURE
Vancouver • ;, 41
W'innij.cj j
Montreal '" u
ih^« ■-........".■.'.' «
St. John's 34
-15
1
24
47
54
PICTURED above is Miss Margaret Cobb, first year Arts Student at'the Memorial
University of Newfoundland. During tbe Mass Chest Xray Survey conducted .at
the.University lost September by the Newfoundland Tuberculosis Association, 'Mar-.
* "garet had the distinction of being the 250,000th person to be "X-ray by the Association since its Case-Finding program was launched back in 1946; Since then, Surveys
have been'conducted by the Association in every community in Newfoundland and
Labrador, many of which have been revisited two, and even three times for re-
check purposes. .
Govt
■
Churchill's 81st.
Birthday Today
300,000 Subscribe To Birthday Fund
LONDON — Reuters — Sir Winston Churchill, 81
to-day, received the news Tuesday night that, a special
birthday presentation fund subscribed. in his honor
from all parts of the world has reached Ef total of £259,-
175.
China Threatens Veto
Of Canada's U.N. Plan
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (CP>-
Nationallst" China" Tuesday threatened to crush Canada's plan- for
admitting 18 new members to the
UN at this assembly. It warned
that It will use lis veto power to
block Communist Outer Mongolia.
. "My government is opposed to
the admission of Outer Mongolia to
the United Nations' and we will
use-the veto if necessary," Chinas
chief delegate T. F, Tslang told a
reporter.'
Canadian delegates apparently
were not greatly discouraged by
the threat; lhey .appeared to'have
expected it. Asked about Tsiang's
statement, Health Minister Paul
Martin said he had no comment.
But to another question hc replied
that hc has "never ceased being
hopeful" that tbe membership proposal will be adopted.
Until Tuesday, thc delegation
from Formosa had said it was
awaiting, instructions on thc application of Outer Mongolia, onc of
five Communist states Included in
a resolution framed by Canada and
sponsored by 27 other countries.
DISREGARD APPEAL
'The veto threat was made de*
quarters asking Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-shek not to upset-the
"package deal."
The United States has also declared its opposition to Outer Mon-.
golla but has agreed to abstain in
voting on tlie five Communist-bloc
candidates.
President Elsenhower Is reported
tb have send two appeals to Chiang
asking him not to veto thc Outer
Mongolia application, indicating
that while the United States does
not wish to support the application
actively neither does It wish to see
Canada's package plan thrown out
altogether. -
ALL OR NONE
, Russia has said it will veto the
Western - sponsored candidates-
Austria, Italy, Japan, Spain, Ireland, Laos, Cambodia, Finland,
Libya, Nepal, Jordan, Portugal
and Ceylon—unless all the Communist applicants arc not admitted. Besides Mongolia, these Include Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary
and Romania.)
■ Somc observers, said that Na*
tlonalist China would be extremely
reckless if It carried through its
veto threat *to the'defeat of Can-
Red Ensign Is
National Flag
Now
Official
n2??i'rA(cp-)-,rhfl Canadia»
•uS,™ i Sl apparently has quietly
*«amcd tc'status of Canada's
°"'cial national flag.
iLa?1 1?0Vcrnn»«nt official said
I*—Scientists of the
Defence Research Board are assuming that .the recent Soviet hydrogen bomb explosion was responsible for traces of radioactivity
detected in snowfall Monday.
A board sDokcsman said "ex-
trcmely. slight" radoactivity was
found at the DRB chemical laboratory at nearby Shirley's Bav, It
was assumed lo have come" from
tii» Soviet blast.
The laboratory, which keens regular check on radioactivity in rain
and snow following nuclear' weapons tests, disclosed n« comoarison
of the radioactiv'tv i.-ith flint- from
bomb tests in the United States.
They said,'however. )V> rndioicti"-
ity count was ''sienifienntly low."
It was well below the danger
level, they said.
' A Soviet announcement has described, the Russian explosion as
^djnev's M?voir
SYDNEY fCP) — Mayor Tony
Gallagher-was >reliirned'to office
hv acclamation' Tiic?'1flv a«'nominations ■ ploreH. f«r n*e. « civic
elections. - It 'Will :hc his,. fourth
'term.-
Al'Krmcn.fliFs P"'tr>M. A. Mbc-
P«nplrT and Sf"-r 'Mpr*T^rl were
al«n i*"»t»rned. Siv Vjfr'^M*' will
rnni^t th" remaining Ihrce alder-
menic scats. . : ^ -v..,
Lower Rates For
Auto Insurance
SAINT JOHN, N.B. (CP)-Most
commercial vehicles and many accident-free automobiles will be subject to somewhat lower car insurance costs under 1956 rates, thc
Canadian Underwriters' Associa*
tion announced here Tuesday. Thc
rates, showing substantial increases for those who have been involved in accidents, become effective New Year's Day.
Commercial rates will be down
from two to 10 per cent for liability coverage, with other coverages
varying in cost by regions to provide a four per cent reduction on a
province • wide average. This reflects a slight improvement in the
accident frequency of commercial
vehicles.
For many private passenger
cars, slightly lower rates result
largely from discounts to accident-
free drivers. Generally higher
rates will apply to others. Drivers
with three and two-year claims-
free records, respectively, will
benetit from 25 to 15 per cent discbunts off basic rate?.
Married oar owners under thc
age of 25 will be placed in a lower
318 to 218 in a vole of confidence
on a procedural question growing
out of Faure's demand that the
assembly cut its life short by six
months and go to the country in
an early general election.
The ouster of Faure was a vie
tory for ex-premier Pierre Mendcs-
France, also a Radical Socialist.
Mendes-France Is trying to reorganize the Radical Socialist party
and wanted more time to get
ready for the elections. He now is
assured of at least a few months.
Mendcs-France also is fighting
for a district voting system to replace the present modified form of
proportional representation.
Thc present outlook is that no
elections can bc held before March
or April, with thc possibility that
the assembly will continue until
June, when its regular five-year
term expires.
SHORT TENURE
Faure's downfall had been foreseeable since Oct. 6, when he
ousted four Social. Republican
(Gaullist) ministers from his cabinet for open opposition to his Moroccan policies.
Since that time he had survived
four confidence votes in six weeks
on North African policies and the
early election issue only through
makeshift majorities on each separate question.
In Tuesday night's vote he had
against him Ihe Communists, Socialists, Gaullists, a considerable
part of his own Radical Socialist
party, the small leftist union of i
Democratic and Socialist Resist-
ants, and big chunks of the right
wing Independents and Peasants.
The Communists enabled Fau'r*
to win on the last two votes of
confidence, but deserted him Tuei-
day night. He had not asked their
support at any time.
COULD DISSOLVE ASSEMBLY
T e c hn 1 c a 11 y, the gover*-
ment could now order dissolution
of the assembly and new elections
immcdalely. This comes under a
constitutional provision, never before used. It permits the cabinet
to decide on the dissolution if two
governments are defeated within
an 18-month period by more than
half the members of the chamber.
The Mendes-France cabinet fell by
such a majority in February..
This is not likely to result, however.
In making such a decision, the
ministers must sU under the chairmanship of President Rene Coty,
who is reported opposed to such
procedure. Coty is said to feel that
a ncw election law first should be
passed since Parliament has many
times expressed dissatisfaction
with thc present law. During a
month of debate, the two houses
of Parliament have not been able
to agree on a new law.
The legislative snarl over the
new method of holding the elections is still far from resolved. The
next government—which may be a
long time forming — may ba
charged with devoting itself almost exclusively to this problem.
Transport Workers
Balk Merger Plan
AFL-CIO Merger Approved By
31 Oilier Unions
NEW YORK—AP — The 90,000-member Transport
Workers Union balked Tuesday while 31 other CIO
unions voted in favor of next week's scheduled AFL-CIO
merger.
The TWU, headed by Michael
Quill and composed chiefly of Np.v
York City subway and bus cm
strive to organize "workers in
*orK uw suoway ana ous cm* cvcr>* segment of the American
ployecs, Registered its objection at lt™^\^f,the proLEcUon
a CIO executive board meeting.
Whether the TWU will join the
15,000,000-member merged group
later will be decided in a referendum of its members. ;
Walter Reuther, CIO president,
told a press conference after the
meeting an "isolation" period for
the TWU might convince its rank
and file that they belong to labor's
main body.
MIGHT BACK REPUBLICAN
On other topics, Reuther told
questioners:
The possibility of the AFL-CIO
endorsing a Republican president-
rating classfication than unmar-i ial candidate next year was "within
ried drivers of thc same age group, 1 (he scope of possibility, but not a
the latter showing the highest acci- probability."
dent ratc in insurance records. | The combined organization will
of organized labor.'
Thc TWU is opposed lo the merger on the ground that the proposed AFL-CIO constitution lacks
adequate safe g u a r ds against
"three Rs'*—racial discrimination,
racketeering and riding of one union's membership by another.
DISAGREES WITH TWU
TWU leaders have indicated they
will carry thcir views on Ihis to
the CIO convention here Thursday
and Friday. The combined AFL-
CIO convention will start Monday.
Reuther, at a press conference,
took issue wilh the TWU argument. He said the anti-discrimination scction is "one of the finest
documents" in the merger constitution.
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DR. M. F. HOGAN was honoured last night by foe Nfld. Dental Association when he
was made a life member of that organization. Shown above is Dr. Hogan. (left),
receiving'his certificate of'life membership irom Dr. James Darcy. President of
the Dental Association. (Story on Page-Three).